News from the Leader of the LGA Labour Group

LGA Labour Group 2018/19 elections

Nominations have now closed for LGA Labour Group officer
positions and for the Regional Representative positions.

Only one valid nomination was received for LGA Labour
officer positions, and the nominated candidates are therefore elected
unopposed:

Leader – Cllr Nick Forbes
(Newcastle)

Deputy Leader – Cllr Lib
Peck (Lambeth)

Deputy Leader – Cllr Michael
Payne (Gedling/Nottinghamshire)

Chair – Cllr Simon Henig
(Durham)

Vice-Chair – Cllr Rishi
Shori (Bury)

Chief whip – Cllr Simon
Blackburn (Blackpool)

Deputy Whip – Cllr Alice
Perry (Islington)

Eight of the ten Regional Representative positions
received only one nomination, and the following candidates are therefore
elected unopposed:

East – Cllr Richard Henry (Stevenage)

East Midlands – Cllr Tom Beattie (Corby)

London – Cllr Anntoinette Bramble (Hackney)

North East – Cllr Iain Malcolm (South Tyneside)

South East – Cllr Sabia Hussain (Slough)

South West – Cllr Kate Haigh (Gloucester/Gloucestershire)

Wales – Cllr Rob Stevens (Swansea)

Yorkshire and Humber – Cllr Tim Swift (Calderdale)

In the North West region and West Midlands region more
than one valid nomination was received, and therefore will move to an election
of Labour Groups. Ballots have been issued to the leaders of Labour Groups in
those regions, and must be returned by 12 noon on June 28th. The
candidates are:

Opposition watch

Making campaigning more accessible

Caroline Walsh, a candidate in Eltham North in the 2018
Local Elections, is looking for councillors and council candidates who define
as disabled to share their experiences of being a candidate with a disability –
this will feed into constructive learning and recommendations for the future
for local parties to help make their campaigning more accessible. If you would
like to share your experiences, please email lewis.addlington-lee@local.gov.uk.

LGA Labour Group - new London councillors' briefing day

The LGA Labour
Group will be holding an event for new London Labour councillors:

The day will be
a mix of plenary and breakout sessions. Speakers include:

Cllr Clare Coghill, - Leader Waltham Forest and
LGA London Rep

Cllr Lib Peck - Leader of Lambeth and Deputy
Leader of the LGA Labour Group

Mark Lloyd - Chief Executive, Local Government Association

Andrew Gwynne MP - Shadow Communities and Local
Government Secretary

Ayesha Hazarika and Marie Le Conte – building up
a media profile

Cllr Alice Perry – NEC rep

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (tbc)

Mayor of Lewisham, Damien Egan

Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz OBE

Leader of Enfield, Cllr Nesil Caliskan

Please note that this event is only open tonewly elected London
Labour Councillors elected for the first time on Thursday 3 May 2018.

The event is
likely to be oversubscribed and will be on a first come, first served
basis. The LGA is currently in the process of updating the list of
councillors but for now we would be grateful if you could pass this on to new
members in your authority.